Sophie von der Goltz
Head of Sale
Lot 146
A Meissen gold-ground Hausmaler saucer, circa 1730-40
2 July 2019, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,020 inc. premium
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Sebastian Kuhn
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Nette Megens
Head of Department, Director
A Meissen gold-ground Hausmaler saucer, circa 1730-40
Decorated in Augsburg, possibly by Abraham Seuter, the burnished gold ground reserved with a shaped quetrelobe panel painted with an interior scene depicting a partially dressed woman seated on the lap of a man, each holding a pipe, an open box, a piece of kindling and a tankard on the table beside them, 13.2cm diam.
Footnotes
A teabowl and saucer from the same service is attributed by S. Ducret to Abraham Seuter (Meissner Porzellan bemalt in Augsburg (1972), vol. II, ill. 210; the scene is repeated on the saucer of another service (Ducret, ill. 163).
